24 November 2008

-- TORONTO -- Paramedics rushed the victim, about 18 years old, to Sunnybrook hospital after he was found bleeding by a school on Driftwood Ct. at 4:20 p.m., police said. Toronto medics treated the teen at the scene before taking him to hospital.

Police said there appeared to be evidence that at least two people shot at each other. The victim was found beside a schoolyard basketball court, but investigators suspect the shooting may have occurred in a nearby field.

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RELATED: Wonderful day in the neighbourhood

A young man walked into a Toronto hospital Monday afternoon after someone shot him in the jaw, say police.

Officers were called to a Driftwood Ave. housing complex, near Jane St. and Finch Ave. W., to investigate reports of gunshots around 2:45 p.m., said Toronto Police Const. Tonyo Vella.

no fear, paula... the solution apparently, is to flood the school system... with social workers...

"Creation of a special youth commissioner, an enhanced role for schools and a $100-million allocation of (taxpayer) funds will head the recommendations of a long-awaited provincial report on youth violence to be released today."